Just started LCHF but not diabetic

Good afternoon and hopefully you'll allow me to join on here! I'm trying to improve my health, as we all are.

I haven't been diagnosed with diabetes but have in the recent past been advised that I am running the risk of prediabetes. I do have multiple sclerosis - diagnosed three years ago - and I need to lose around four stone.

I low-carbed with success about 15 years ago. I've tried many other diets but I'm a 'yo-yo' dieter. So I've gone back to LCHF and came across the forum here, which seems great. I've done Slimming World several times - I lost five stone on my best shot at it about four years ago - but I tend to go mad on the fruit, and feel worse for it.

I'm very used to eating low-fat food - which I know tends to include lots of rubbish - but I'm now concentrating on real food.

Is there anyone else who's doing LCHF/keto but not having a lot of extra fat? It makes me feel a bit yucky tbh and this is why I didn't go back to it before. When I originally did the low-carb, I followed Charles Clark, but in those days there was much less emphasis on fat ratios, I think.

Would appreciate any feedback. Thanks!.

Thanks to both of you. Wow, well done on your weight losses!

I don't drink alcohol (makes me feel weird!). I joined Diet Doctor a few months back - I forgot I joined until this week actually! I bought his book when it came out but the website is really good and there's loads of content on it. When he started it it was a bit amateurish but obviously lots of money has been invested in it.

I'm following Dr David Unwin's diet sheet. It's great to see that there's loads of interview content with him on Diet Doctor. He seems sooo nice! Almost worth moving to Southport to become a patient at his practice! On reflection his approach seems to be more moderate like Professor Clark's was/is, and I realise that the fretting about the extra fat which some plans require has stopped me from doing this WOE again. So I'm going to stop worrying about adding the fats and thanks for your advice!

I'm going to stop thinking that a) I should be drinking bulletproof coffee in the morning b) should be having lots and lots of protein....will have lots of veggies instead. I was in Tesco looking for a joint of lamb - I picked up a (wrapped) lamb shoulder and felt vaguely nauseous as it's so fatty. Brainwashed by high carb/low fat, me!

Hi. So a further development. Having not followed anything in particular since my last posting (always have the intention but not so good at seeing it through) my husband (aged 70, two cardiac stents inserted about 10 years ago, sees his cardiologist once a year) had his annual blood test prior to his yearly appointment with the cardio. His HbA1c came back at 43, for the first time ever. He is not overweight, exercises and is in good health apart from a sometime migraine spectrum problem for which he receives treatment.

As I understood this he is on the border of being pre-diabetic, as it starts at 42. He had his annual cardio appointment yesterday. The specialist said he didn't need to worry too much about the reading, but should try and reduce his carbs. He didn't suggest another blood test before next year. He wasn't more specific than this.

I also got him to make an appointment with the GP to discuss, and I thought that he should ask to have a blood test in six months or so rather than a year.

I got out Dr Unwin's plan and told him that we'll do it together. I thought that this might be the most moderate plan for him. We've had a lot of 'well, what can I eat?', 'I'm used to eating a cracker with that cheese' kind of thing. TBH I have my own food issues so I'm finding all this rather tricky. I do know a fair bit about low carb, having done it for the first time in 2002, but not enough to 'teach' it!

For those Dr Unwin acolytes: how many carbs do you reckon you have a day? It looks like it might be too high for me, but I can only bear to do a very moderate fat version as otherwise it makes me feel yuck.

Thanks for reading this far! I'd appreciate any advice!